 President Benigno Simeon Aquino III confers the marker to Barangay San Antonio, Pasig City as one of the recipients of the Galing Pook Awards 2010 at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall Thursday March 17, 2011. Barangay San Antonio established its own Emergency Response / Rescue Program (ERP) complete with a Command Center (CC). The ERP team has proven itself in typhoon rescue operations, mass evacuation during fires and assisting victims in vehicular accidents. Other recipients are City of Pasig, Barangay Tangos, Baliwag, Bulacan; Sta. Cruz, Laguna; Bingawan, Iloilo; Cagwait, Surigao del Sur; Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur; the Provinces of Misamis Oriental, Surigao del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte. Winners of Galing Pook provides innovative solutions to disaster response, community-based funeral services, increasing public participation in governance, creating model communities, boosting an agricultural economy, environmental management and improving health services. In the photo are DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo and Galing Pook Foundation Chairperson Rafael Coscolluela. (Photo by: Gil Nartea / Malacaņang Photo Bureau) |